EUR-Lex developments: October 2026

Changes to searching the case-law collection by subject matter

Judgments, orders and opinions from the Court of Justice of the European Union are now categorised using concepts from a dedicated case-law subject matter authority table .

Screen shot of the case-law subject matter authority table

The table is maintained by the Court of Justice of the European Union and is now fully aligned with their subject matter classification.

The terms in this authority table allow us to categorise cases, or the main points of law raised in cases, based on the competences of the European Union. This means that the terms used to categorise EU case-law are now directly related to the legal basis of the corresponding competence as laid out by the EU treaties.

The table is hierarchical, which means that you will now see the terms as a hierarchy rather than a flat list.

General subject matter terms will no longer be linked to EU case-law on EUR-Lex.

Any searches that include only general subject matter terms will exclude EU case-law, and any searches that include only case-law subject matter terms will only include EU case-law.

General use of the website

For users of the case-law collection, this change means that the terms that you can use to search for documents have changed and are structured differently. The subject matter terms are also aligned with those used to classify case-law on InfoCuria .

Saved searches, RSS feeds and email alerts

If you have saved searches that include subject matter and you want EU case-law to be included in the results, you will need to make sure the search criteria do not include general subject matter terms.

This also applies to any RSS feeds or email alerts you have set up based on searches that include subject matter.

Webservice users

If you are a webservice user and your current searches include subject matter, case-law will be excluded from your search results.

If you want to search for case-law, you should choose case-law subject matter terms.

You can check the terms included in the case-law subject matter authority table to make sure you choose the appropriate terms for your search.

You can read more about case-law in the dedicated case-law pages on EUR-Lex.

The EUR-Lex national transposition measures collection has been enriched

National transposition measures are measures adopted by the EU Member States to transpose EU acts – mainly directives – into national law.

EUR-Lex publishes information on national transposition measures (title, date of publication, transposed directive/s, etc.).

To increase transparency in lawmaking and improve access to law, national authorities are also encouraged to make the text of those measures available on EUR-Lex, in PDF format, as ELI links or as links to national websites.

In April 2025, Germany became the 25th Member State to agree to publish the text of their national transposition measures on EUR-Lex. In July 2025, Slovakia became the 26th.

You can learn more about national transposition measures and how to find them on EUR-Lex on our national transposition measures page.